• The 2nd Black & Queer Poetry Slam: Soft Rage!

    Undrgrnd Studios 1950 South Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021, United States

    2nd Annual Black & Queer Poetry Slam: Soft Rage! Poetry, DJ, Open cypher & food included. 21+. Feel deeply. Speak freely. Happy Juneteenth. Black & Queer Poetry Slam: Soft Rage! Juneteenth. Poetry, DJ, open cypher, food included. 21+ | 5 - 9PM Additional details to be announced....

  • A Juneteenth Poetry Reading: Poetry in AfroDiaspora & Chamorrita Song

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    A Reading celebrating Audrey Shipp's debut poetry collection and Danielle P. William's Chamorrita Song Join us on Juneteenth for a double book launch celebrating Audrey Shipp's new collection Poetry /Poes´ía/ Poésie in AfroDiaspora and Danielle P. Williams's Chamorrita Song. In this stunning collection, writer Audrey Shipp resucitates the poems of her poetic voice, Adriana––a young poet who resists the alienation Read More ...

  • L.A. Book Launch & Theatrical Reading: The Sun Has Fallen by Tyler Neufeld

    Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Told entirely in rhyme, an ensemble of 10 actors will bring 24 characters to life in this staged reading The Sun Has Fallen is an epic poem and Tyler Neufeld's authorial debut. It follows a fateful tale of magic, ghosts, children, second chances, and a battle between good and evil across an abstracted chessboard fantasy map. Told entirely in rhyme, Read More ...

  • BOOK LAUNCH: Daughter of the Mountains w/ Fatimah Asghar

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Daughter of the Mountains ' by author Fatimah Asghar WHO & WHAT: Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Daughter of the Mountains' by author and poet Fatimah Ashgar. Moderator TBC WHEN: Doors at 6:30pm, event promptly at 7pm. WHERE: Reparations Club, 3054 S. Victoria Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90016 HOW: TICKET w/ Read More ...

  • READ LIKE A WRITER w/ Rasheed Newson

    Reparations Club 3054 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    Join Permission To Write at Rep Club for a book-club-meets-writers-group with There's Only One Sin In Hollywood author Rasheed Newson WHO & WHAT: Join Permission To Write at Rep Club for a book-club-meets-writers-group with 'There's Only One Sin In Hollywood' author Rasheed Newson. Read Like a Writer invites participants to slow down and study how Black authors build their books Read More ...